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they are used for surveillance, disablement, and killing. and drones are increasingly ubiquitous. there are 64 drone bases spread across the united states alone, and the u.s. has other drone installations across the planet. africa is increasingly a drone base environment. a newly authorized site in the nation of niger will become the sixth u.s. drone base in africa, joining one in morocco, senegal, uganda, and a permanent one in djibouti. u.s. drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked particularly in yemen, somalia, afghanistan, and notably pakistan where over 360 drone strikes over the nine years, 2004 to 2013, have killed over 3,000 people. this data is not classified. and not even secret. but it is troubling. so troubling that the u.n. has just decided to launch an investigation on the impacts of drone strikes on thousands of civilians. question. will the u.n. human rights council rule that drone use violates international law do you think, pat buchanan? >> i don't think they l. if they do, john, it doesn't make any difference. but we really ought to be concerned about these d
they are used for surveillance, disablement, and killing. and drones are increasingly ubiquitous. there are 64 drone bases spread across the united states alone, and the u.s. has other drone installations across the planet. africa is increasingly a drone base environment. a newly authorized site in the nation of niger will become the sixth u.s. drone base in africa, joining one in morocco, senegal, uganda, and a permanent one in djibouti. u.s. drone attacks ordered by obama have spiked...
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they, like us, have families and dreams. while we are a nation that allows anyone to start anew, we are also a nation of laws, and that's what makes tackling the issue of immigration reform so difficult. a good place to start is with the kids. one of the great founding principles of our country was that children would not be punished for the mistakes of their parents. and it is time to provide an opportunity for legal residents and citizenship for those who are brought to this country as children and who know no other home. it's the right thing to do for our families, security, and for our economy. >> question is majority leader eric cantor, now the highest ranking republican leader to endorse a path to legal residency for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in the u.s.? >> that's not what he said, john. he just said that he sim pa that i seed with the dreamers who were the children who were brought here by their parents through no fault of their own and to give them some legal residency. he didn't come out for a path
they, like us, have families and dreams. while we are a nation that allows anyone to start anew, we are also a nation of laws, and that's what makes tackling the issue of immigration reform so difficult. a good place to start is with the kids. one of the great founding principles of our country was that children would not be punished for the mistakes of their parents. and it is time to provide an opportunity for legal residents and citizenship for those who are brought to this country as...
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they're saying no way he's using a gun if he's shooting skeet. then we have proof of skeet shooting happened. >> the president revealed he can relate to people who enjoy firing gun. when asked if he ever fired one he replied yes up in camp david we do skeet shooting all the time. >> is there a photograph of him doing it? >> there may be, but i haven't seen it. >> why haven't we heard about it before? >> because when he goes to camp david, he goes to spend time with his family and friends relax and not produce photographs. >> i'm offended there was time taken out of that press conference to talk about skeet shooting. even though there was all this skeptical commentary about it, obama released a photo of him shooting. you can't see the skeet but it appears to be what he's doing. that's what he's claiming. every's thoughts? >> first of all i like that you called it for the first time skeet shootin', you were really getting into it. i was dubious too. >> that he would fired a gun. >> although you know he wouldn't make it up. it's too crazy. john kerr
they're saying no way he's using a gun if he's shooting skeet. then we have proof of skeet shooting happened. >> the president revealed he can relate to people who enjoy firing gun. when asked if he ever fired one he replied yes up in camp david we do skeet shooting all the time. >> is there a photograph of him doing it? >> there may be, but i haven't seen it. >> why haven't we heard about it before? >> because when he goes to camp david, he goes to spend time with...
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were used. but the fact is, we put together most of that intelligence without having to resort to that. >> and you think you could have gotten it without any -- >> i think we could have gotten bin laden without that. >> it's a big weekend. there's a big contest a lot of people are talking about. >> go 49ers. >> it's the contest that has to do with clinton or biden. 2016. >> oh. >> you've been close to both of them. secretary panetta, i've got to ask you, who's ready to be commander in chief tomorrow? >> i think both of them -- i have worked with both of them. if they make the decision they want to be commander in chief, i think they are both qualified to do it. >> what's their distinctive strengths? >> i for joe biden, obviously as vice president, knowing the world, knowing the issues involved, knowing what it means to govern from that perspective. and for hillary clinton, she knows it from every angle now, having worked in the white house, been a part of that, and now as secretary of state know
were used. but the fact is, we put together most of that intelligence without having to resort to that. >> and you think you could have gotten it without any -- >> i think we could have gotten bin laden without that. >> it's a big weekend. there's a big contest a lot of people are talking about. >> go 49ers. >> it's the contest that has to do with clinton or biden. 2016. >> oh. >> you've been close to both of them. secretary panetta, i've got to ask...
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can the saudis count on us? can the u.a.e. count us? can the folks, for example, the in egypt that looked to the united states in the past as a friend and ally, they believe now that, in fact, we were the ones who pulled the rug out from under mubarak and delivered them into the tender mercies of the muslim brotherhood. >> rose: is it fair to say that they also believe, many of the people in the middle east, that the bush administration in eight years with different israeli prime ministers did not make any headway in terms of bringing the israelis and the palestinians together? not withstanding the urging of the saudis and the initiative that they promoted? >> well, i think we made as much progress as anybody else has, which is not much. that's been a problem for a long time. we obviously didn't make significant progress and in the age old israeli/palestinian conflict. no question about it. >> rose: do you think the president is wrong to say "we're going to foift asia because that's the new paradigm of power." not that we're leaving the
can the saudis count on us? can the u.a.e. count us? can the folks, for example, the in egypt that looked to the united states in the past as a friend and ally, they believe now that, in fact, we were the ones who pulled the rug out from under mubarak and delivered them into the tender mercies of the muslim brotherhood. >> rose: is it fair to say that they also believe, many of the people in the middle east, that the bush administration in eight years with different israeli prime...
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his and my weight tumbled us right into the damn pacific ocean. here i am in the middle of the ocean dressed in a suit with my gators on. i'm like, "hell no. thanks a lot. now i'm gonna shark buffet. you bastard. why you do that?!" and i said, "what we gonna do?" he looked at me, and looked at me again and jumped out of the water like aqua man. i was like, "wow!" and jumped right back on his jet ski. i said, "damn. what i'm gonna do?" he told me, "now do what i did." i said, "you bastard. if i could do what you did, don't you think i'd have been up there by now?" he said, "well, if you can't jump out of the water, what you should do is get behind your jet ski and press down on it and leapfrog onto your jet ski." [laughter] see, y'all laughing, 'cause you know good and damn well i can't even leapfrog on dry land. how i'm gonna leapfrog in the middle of the ocean? he said, "mr. crawford, i need to you try." i said, "okay, doggone it. i'm gonna try." and i pressed down. and i pressed down. and my blood sugar got low. and i said, "you know what, just
his and my weight tumbled us right into the damn pacific ocean. here i am in the middle of the ocean dressed in a suit with my gators on. i'm like, "hell no. thanks a lot. now i'm gonna shark buffet. you bastard. why you do that?!" and i said, "what we gonna do?" he looked at me, and looked at me again and jumped out of the water like aqua man. i was like, "wow!" and jumped right back on his jet ski. i said, "damn. what i'm gonna do?" he told me,...
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i'm using him for medical advice. - i'm sorry, who are you? - well, if you have an orthodontist in here, i've been using a couple chiclets as teeth in the back. - also, i have caffeinis. caffeine-penis. when i drink too many cappucinis, my penis becomes useless. - i can't really address that right now. i have a 16-year-old pregnant girl in the other room that i really need to get to. - and i have bagel-induced cholesterol. - right. so you're having some pain in your shoulder? - yeah. - okay, can i, um... - okay. - yeah, it's-- - [whimpers] - i barely touched it. - oh, boy! - okay, so it's very tender. - eeeh-aaah. - okay. i'm getting a very strong ammonia smell over here. - oh, that's 'cause i let my cat piss on me for health. - he has a little tabby named judd hirsch. - so how did you hurt your shoulder? it seems... - oh! - you may have dislocated it. - this guy decked me 'cause the blacks liked me more. - yeah, we were playing basketball with these awful black guys, and he displeased me, so i took him out. - yeah. - you know, i am actually l
i'm using him for medical advice. - i'm sorry, who are you? - well, if you have an orthodontist in here, i've been using a couple chiclets as teeth in the back. - also, i have caffeinis. caffeine-penis. when i drink too many cappucinis, my penis becomes useless. - i can't really address that right now. i have a 16-year-old pregnant girl in the other room that i really need to get to. - and i have bagel-induced cholesterol. - right. so you're having some pain in your shoulder? - yeah. - okay,...
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helaine olen, hello. >> thank you for having me. >> jon: thank you for joining us. the book is called -- the music of particularly long -- called "pound foolish." exposing the dark side of personal finance industry. that intimates that there's a light side to the personal finance industry. what are your thoughts on -- after looking at this sort of personal finance gurus on cnbc was is your conliewtion? we were sold. if the 30 years the incomes have fallen, net worth plunged 40% between 2007 and 2010 and the entire industry of everything from suze orman saying hey we have the answer we're going to help you. also forgetting to mention this they were selling the products that were going to help you. >> jon: in many ways they have a sim beotic relationship with the corporations they cover. >> suze orman is selling products. she has her own preapproved debit card and books and tapes. >> jon: a personal thing like that cnbc is the one that strikes me. here is this station os stensibly financial journalists and if they mention a stock it goes up. >> whether they mention it
helaine olen, hello. >> thank you for having me. >> jon: thank you for joining us. the book is called -- the music of particularly long -- called "pound foolish." exposing the dark side of personal finance industry. that intimates that there's a light side to the personal finance industry. what are your thoughts on -- after looking at this sort of personal finance gurus on cnbc was is your conliewtion? we were sold. if the 30 years the incomes have fallen, net worth...
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as dune pointed out he used some of the same infrastructure used for hacking. he registered a website for basically a mobile phone shop. he was making a little money on the side, and we needed him to confirm that that mobile phone shop was in fact his and that he has a relatively common last name and we needed to make sure he was the same guy who worked at the pla's cyber security institute which basically trains military operations in cyber wars. so the phone call was quite simple. we asked a couple of initial questions, are you the man who works at this university. he says yes. i'm not teaching classes today, i'm outside the city. do you own this mobile phone shop. he says yes. i no longer visit. that was some time ago. and then we begin to ask questions about the hacking activity and the other thing he does. and he quickly set the tone changes immediately he says that's not convenient to talk about right now. we asked him whether he works for the government. he says no i can't answer any more questions and he hung up the phone but he confirmed that the mobil
as dune pointed out he used some of the same infrastructure used for hacking. he registered a website for basically a mobile phone shop. he was making a little money on the side, and we needed him to confirm that that mobile phone shop was in fact his and that he has a relatively common last name and we needed to make sure he was the same guy who worked at the pla's cyber security institute which basically trains military operations in cyber wars. so the phone call was quite simple. we asked a...
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chris: they call us terrorists there. david, there's the question, i guess, maybe not the most important question but we're all asking right now. collateral damage. people killed in these drone strikes who are innocent and how much that causes hatred to this country. >> everyone who really follows the drone program carefully says that the level of collateral damage is smaller than with any corresponding weapon system that you could think of. that doesn't mean that there's none. but i think that's not the issue. i think the issue that president obama has been confronting, i have referred to him sometimes as the covert commander in chief because he's so comfortable and tough in using these covert tools that the question he faces is how do you take this program, as he said to a socialist, i didn't get elected president to kill people but turns out that's part of my job. how does he find rules for a legal framework for himself, for his c.i. dreaktor john brennan and for future -- c.i.a. director john brennan and for future di
chris: they call us terrorists there. david, there's the question, i guess, maybe not the most important question but we're all asking right now. collateral damage. people killed in these drone strikes who are innocent and how much that causes hatred to this country. >> everyone who really follows the drone program carefully says that the level of collateral damage is smaller than with any corresponding weapon system that you could think of. that doesn't mean that there's none. but i...
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-- causing us to do dumb things? because senator, you are here today as a potential secretary of defense, and it would seem to me that however you characterize them, you have suggested that there is an effective lobby out there, whether you call them the jewish lobby, the israeli lobby or israel lobby and that they succeed on doing dumb things through intimidation and that u.s. policy has been the wrong approach, because the intimidation has worked. so when you talked about the jewish lobby, were you talking about apack? minor pack? christians united or israel? and do you still believe that their success in this town is because of intimidation and that they are, as you stated, urging upon our government that we do dumb things? >> well, first, i have never been accused of political expediency. probably got me in some trouble, senator. second, to address the last comment and we'll go back to sanctions. i've already said i regret referencing the jewish lobby. i should have said pro-israel lobby. i think it's the only ti
-- causing us to do dumb things? because senator, you are here today as a potential secretary of defense, and it would seem to me that however you characterize them, you have suggested that there is an effective lobby out there, whether you call them the jewish lobby, the israeli lobby or israel lobby and that they succeed on doing dumb things through intimidation and that u.s. policy has been the wrong approach, because the intimidation has worked. so when you talked about the jewish lobby,...
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us. the only adaptation we thought about making was for a period of time we thought we were going to be entering a hostage rescue because we didn't know where the ambassador was. but once we started forces moving, they didn't slow, they didn't stop. >> you didn't know the situation with the ambassador until hours later when in fact some libyans had come in to that facility and tried to rescue him and found him at that point unresponsive from smoke inhalation. >> that's right. >> okay. thank you, mr. chairman. >> thank you, senator nelson. we're going to take a ten minute recess. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] we have two senators, one of whom who is here and the oh coming. who have not had a first round, and senator blunt is the first of those two senators who has not had a first round. i'm going call on senator blunt. >> thank you, i was at the press conference talking about a mental health bill i think general demp
us. the only adaptation we thought about making was for a period of time we thought we were going to be entering a hostage rescue because we didn't know where the ambassador was. but once we started forces moving, they didn't slow, they didn't stop. >> you didn't know the situation with the ambassador until hours later when in fact some libyans had come in to that facility and tried to rescue him and found him at that point unresponsive from smoke inhalation. >> that's right....
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i wonder if you could tell us a little bit about mr. awlaki and what he had been doing. >> i am not going to talk about any particular operation or responsibility for anything whenever. >> that is the problem. when people hear american citizens, they think somebody who is an upstanding, and this man was not standing by a long shot. maybe you cannot discuss it here, but i have read enough to know that he was a real problem. >> before he died he was intimately involved in activities that were designed to kill innocent men, women, and children, and mostly americans. he was not just a propagandist. he was in fact part of the operational effort that is known as al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and had responsibilities in that regard. >> can i ask some questions about him? did he have a connection to abdulmuttalab who intended to explode a device over detroit? >> yes, he did. >> could you tell us what connection it was? >> i would prefer not to at this time. >> did he have a connection to the fort hood attack? >> al qaeda in the arabian peni
i wonder if you could tell us a little bit about mr. awlaki and what he had been doing. >> i am not going to talk about any particular operation or responsibility for anything whenever. >> that is the problem. when people hear american citizens, they think somebody who is an upstanding, and this man was not standing by a long shot. maybe you cannot discuss it here, but i have read enough to know that he was a real problem. >> before he died he was intimately involved in...
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help us continue serving the millions of women and men with breast cancer who still need us every day. register for the 3-day now. (woman) it's just been an amazing, amazing journey. i love these people. ♪ and it's beautiful chris: welcome back. joe, tell me something i don't know. >> on friday, president obama met with the leaders of team rubikon which is a group of iraq and afghanistan veterans who do disaster relief and mobilize 10,000 people to help after hurricane sandy. the reason why it's really important this week is that we've had two incidents of gun violence by veterans and it's very important that the public unders that the vast majority of veterans coming home are assets, not liabilities. >> senate democrats getting together, coming up with a plan within the next few weeks. and they're going to -- they have three proposals, one for these months to kick it down the road, one for seven months and one for 10 months. all of the plans include taxes. chris: tell me something i don't know. when are they going to vote? how are they going to vote? seven months seems like what th
help us continue serving the millions of women and men with breast cancer who still need us every day. register for the 3-day now. (woman) it's just been an amazing, amazing journey. i love these people. ♪ and it's beautiful chris: welcome back. joe, tell me something i don't know. >> on friday, president obama met with the leaders of team rubikon which is a group of iraq and afghanistan veterans who do disaster relief and mobilize 10,000 people to help after hurricane sandy. the reason...
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he is with us here, did make it back to "the young turks." great to have you back with us. let me start with that first question, what went wrong why didn't you win? >> i don't think anyone went wrong. gentlemen intend to win. cenk: maybe that was the problem. >> we did everything we could to get out the word, help race consciousness. the point is not that the electoral system is going to solve this countries problems, because if that's what we're waiting for, it's not going to happen. the gilded age is going to get more and more gilded. we are going to be violating civil rights to an extent never before seen in this country without a popular movement, and that's what this campaign was all about. cenk: i know, let me talk to you about that. when we had you on "the young turks" before the election a couple of times you hoped with the arab spring, the social media, why didn't it catch fire. >> i still have the same hope. it's all part and parcel of the same thing building a popular movement. if we had a sustained movement like with the arab spring, with the civil rights movem
he is with us here, did make it back to "the young turks." great to have you back with us. let me start with that first question, what went wrong why didn't you win? >> i don't think anyone went wrong. gentlemen intend to win. cenk: maybe that was the problem. >> we did everything we could to get out the word, help race consciousness. the point is not that the electoral system is going to solve this countries problems, because if that's what we're waiting for, it's not...
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but in the end also using what we have to use against the enemies of the united states. i mean, after all in 9/11 al qaeda attacked us in a brutal way that killed, you know, 3,000 innocent people in our trade center and killed almost 200 people at the pentagon as well as those in pennsylvania. it was a deliberate act of terrorism. we went to war. and when you go to war and you have an enemy out there, you've got to use everything you can to make sure you go after that enemy. and that's what we did. and the fact is we had very precise effective operations to go right at al qaeda's leadership. and by weakening them and by significantly impacting them especially with the bin laden raid the fact is we are safer today from that 9/11-type attack. >> there seems to be some concern even the president did an interview with mark bouden and said there's a remoteness to it that makes it tempting that somehow we can without any mess on our hands solve vexing security problems. it's the morale -- >> you know, as a catholic i remember when i first became director of the cia and realize
but in the end also using what we have to use against the enemies of the united states. i mean, after all in 9/11 al qaeda attacked us in a brutal way that killed, you know, 3,000 innocent people in our trade center and killed almost 200 people at the pentagon as well as those in pennsylvania. it was a deliberate act of terrorism. we went to war. and when you go to war and you have an enemy out there, you've got to use everything you can to make sure you go after that enemy. and that's what we...
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the use of intimidation. i should have used "influence." i think that would have been more appropriate. we were talking about in that book, you have evidently read it, and, by the way, it is a book -- to the promised land, he has spoken out directly recently about my position because it has gotten some attention, as you have noted, and has been quite favorable to me and said much of that was taken out of context, and he was offended, and those were his words. those of you know something about him know that he is jewish. he is a highly respected individual who has counseled presidents and secretary of states. in that fairly short interview, he mentioned that i am a strong supporter of israel. that is in the interview. so i think that says something. i should not have said "dumb" or "stupid," because i appreciate there are differing views on these things. we were talking about the middle east. we were not talking about armenia or turkey or the banking influence or the chamber of commerce influence. that was the context of what my comments wer
the use of intimidation. i should have used "influence." i think that would have been more appropriate. we were talking about in that book, you have evidently read it, and, by the way, it is a book -- to the promised land, he has spoken out directly recently about my position because it has gotten some attention, as you have noted, and has been quite favorable to me and said much of that was taken out of context, and he was offended, and those were his words. those of you know...
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can you give us a timetable? you already announced some actions that you're taking, which you're putting in place now so that even if we can avoid sequestration, and in the next few days or a week from now or two weeks from now, some things are being taken even before the end of february and before we know whether we can avoid sequestration. can you tell us, first of all, whether or not the actions would be reversible if in fact we avoid the sequestration in, say, week from now or two weeks from now, and do you echo the president's call for a balanced approach to avoid sequestration to include both spending cuts and additional revenues? >> mr. chairman, first of all, let me indicate -- i think general dempsey can add to this -- the reason we're having to do this and take actions now is because we're operating at a spend rate right now that envisions that we would have gotten an fy13 appropriations bill. unfortunately we have no fy13 appropriations bill. we've got a cr. we have been operating, at least in the firs
can you give us a timetable? you already announced some actions that you're taking, which you're putting in place now so that even if we can avoid sequestration, and in the next few days or a week from now or two weeks from now, some things are being taken even before the end of february and before we know whether we can avoid sequestration. can you tell us, first of all, whether or not the actions would be reversible if in fact we avoid the sequestration in, say, week from now or two weeks...